How long does it take to read Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds?
Charles MacKay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles MacKay takes about 7 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 31 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 410 pages, about 112,750 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 32 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Delusions, Impostors and imposture, Occultism, Social psychology, Swindlers and swindling, Common fallacies
